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REAL-estate tycoon Billy Macklowe and his wife, Julie, are among investors suing the developers of a luxury timeshare project in Aspen to get back deposits totaling $1.85 million. According to the Aspen Times, construction began in 2005 on The Residences at The Little Nell and was immediately delayed, although the buyers say they weren’t notified until much later. The project was supposed to open last summer, but it appears the avid skiers still won’t be able to schuss from their new homes next year. The 26 units will be managed by the five-star Little Nell Hotel. The six-week shares ranged from $1 million to $3 million, and only a handful of three-bedroom shares are left. Ironically, the construction lender is Deutsche Bank, which took back several Macklowe office buildings in New York this year and is selling them to others.